Liquor mafia beats UP cop to death, accused shot dead in encounter

The prime accused involved in the killing of a constable in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district was was gunned down in an encounter, police said on Wednesday. Hours after a constable was beaten to death and a sub-inspector seriously injured when a police team went to a village in Kasganj to serve a warrant to a liquor mafia kingpin, Kasganj SP Manoj Sonkar said the prime accused was shot dead in an encounter on Wednesday.

A police constable was killed and an SI wounded by goons in Kasganj area on Tuesday evening. The cops were attacked when they had gone to raid an illegal liquor factory in the area. While the deceased constable was identified as Devendra, the SI has been identified as Ashok Kumar.

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